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Range: intersectsNode() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨April 2018⁩.

The Range.intersectsNode() method returns a boolean indicating whether the given Node intersects the Range.

Syntax

intersectsNode(referenceNode)

Parameters

referenceNode: The Node to compare with the Range.

Return value

A boolean.

Examples

const range = document.createRange();

range.selectNode(document.getElementsByTagName("div").item(0));
const intersectingNode = range.intersectsNode(
  document.getElementsByTagName("p").item(0),
);

Specifications

Specification
DOM> # ref-for-dom-range-intersectsnode①>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`intersectsNode`	1	17	17	≤12.1	3	18	19	≤12.1	1	1.0	4.4	1